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Education and Law Among Oldest UBC Aboriginal Programs

Magnolia Unka (L) and Sita-Rani MacMillan will help to counteract a national shortage in First Nations lawyers and educators – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

UBC This Week | Dec. 6, 2007

UBC Feature Web Site Faculty of Medicine: www.med.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This […]

UBC Rhodes Scholar Boosts Global Access to University-Patented Medicine

A science student who helped to make UBC-patented medicine more accessible in developing countries has been named the 2008 Rhodes Scholar for British Columbia. The scholarship of nearly $150,000 will […]

Prof Witnessed Century’s Global Conflicts

As a boy, Jan Solecki lived among the 10,000 Poles the Russians had sent to Manchuria to construct a railway – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 […]

UBC Library Vault . . . Unlock the Treasures

Photo courtesy of UBC Vault UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Julie-Ann Backhouse UBC Library’s collection of rare treasures has been largely concealed […]

The Ubyssey School of Journalism

Pierre Burton organized a mock campus kidnapping to get his first scoop – photo courtesy of UBC Archives UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 […]

Peak Performances in the Flight of the Thunderbirds

Mary Campbell (centre) led UBC’s women’s basketball to win the 1930 world championship – photo by Bayne Stanley UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 […]

Canada’s Patent Powerhouse

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Hilary Thomson The year was 1984. Apple computers introduced the Macintosh, John Turner became Canada’s 17th prime […]

Find that UBC Plaque

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 Pay attention as you walk across campus, and you’ll notice a plethora of plaques marking elements of our […]

Vol. 53 | No. 12

American “Yippee” leader Jerry Rubin urged UBC students to “cast off the shackles of society.” – photo courtesy of UBC Archives UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | […]

Global Research Ranking a Legacy of Founders’ Foresight

The late Michael Smith earned the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Hilary […]

Invasion!

American “Yippee” leader Jerry Rubin urged UBC students to “cast off the shackles of society.” – photo courtesy of UBC Archives UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | […]

Okanagan Alum Linked to 1922 Great Trek

Brenda Tournier and Harold Etter are working on a UBC Okanagan online display of UBC historical memorabilia – photo by Bud Mortenson UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 […]

A Century Later, Aspiring to Global Influence

Prof. Stephen Toope, President and Vice Chancellor – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Prof. Stephen J. Toope, President […]

Aggies Forever: Evolution of a Founding Faculty

Land and Food Systems student Afton Halloran questions industrial agriculture and aims to be an activist for marginalized farmers – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

A Long History of Creative Achievers

Dorothy Somerset, UBC Theatre Dept. Founder in front of the newly constructed Frederic Wood Theatre in 1958 – photo courtesy of UBC Theatre Dept. UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

In the News

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in November 2007 Compiled by Basil Waugh Controversial Process Saps Trees’ Strength, Prof […]